Example Sentences

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And don’t be surprised if I think you’re a blathering chucklehead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

So it just seems like some blathering by a professor, and that is frustrating.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2024

“I was letting off steam and it was more online blathering than anything,” he said.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2021

This was just blathering with no particular expectation of a response.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2020

Despite his riding-in-silence comment, Coach was blathering on, probably telling me a story, but I wasn't really listening.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds